Brake-setting tool



Sept. 23 1930. c5. A. couNTRYMAN BRAKE SETTING TooL Filed Feb. 17, 1928 EUY Ff UNTRYNHN M/ Mm Gwenn,

Patented Sept, 23, 1930 i UNITED STATES PATENTjoFi-ica- GUY A. COUNTRYMAN, or ASHLAND, oHro,`AssrGNoR, BvyivrnsNn QAs'sIGNMENrs, 'ro Y ELITE MANUFACTURING coMPANmA coR1onnaitrcyr-:rV ononro t BRAKE-SETTING TooL i Application filed February 17, 19.28. Serial No. 255,011.1

Thel present invention relates to brake setting tools, and more particularly to a tool for depressing and holding the brake pedal of an automobile in a desirable predetermined position to facilitate adjustments and settings of the brak-e mechanism of whatever kind or make the vehicle may be equipped with. The tool is made simply and inexpensively and as constructed it may be conveniently adjusted and operated so that it may be fixed in a braced position'between the front seat and a pedal in any vehicle or car regardless of its make and dimensions.

In the accompanyingdrawings, Fig. l is a side View of the tool in an operating position in an automobile;Fig. 2 a top view of the-tool itself; and Figs. 3 and 4 sectional views on lines 3-3 and 4 4, respectively, of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectional viewof the friction clutch.

The tool consists of a base bar 2 and a reach member or bar 3rlinled together by a lever 4 in the form of a doubled bar or strap, the respective legs of which serve to enclose and hold bar 3 against twisting movements. Bar 3 is pivotally secured to both legs of lever 4 by a removable pin 5, and the lower extremities of thelegs of lever 4 are pivotally connected by a rivet 6 to the middle part of base bar 2. `The upper end 7V of this strap where doubled back on rounded lines provides a handle which may be gripped and operated to press the reach bar 3 forward toward a brake pedal A when the outery leat-her covered end 8 of base bar 2s placed in contact with the base board B of the seat of the vehicle. The distance between the pedal and the seat varies in different maires of vehicles, and reach bar 3 is therefore provided with a lplural number of openings 9 to receive the connecting pin 5 and permit bar 3 to be extended or carried forward relatively to the handle bar orlever 4, thus increasing the reach of the tool. Reach bar 3 is a plain fiat bar with straight edges and the front end thereof is provided with an engaging member l0 for the pedal, which member is in the form of a flat plate pivotally mounted upon the bar and having a V-shaped 0 notch to receive the pedal. The turning bent 'laterally movement ofplate l0 onitsfpivot in opposite ,directions isv limited by Reach bar 3 may be shifted freely in a for` ward direction toward the pedal, but its movement reverselyor in the opposite direction is constantlyy checked by a friction clutch mem- ,berl2 attached to the front end of hase bar .2. lClutch member l2 is made of a fiat piece ofmetal bent into U-sha'p'e, and the back or connecting part 13 of this piece is formed with an opening slightly 4longer than `the Vwidth of bar 3 sothatbar`3'maymove freely through the opening in one direction, but when this member is inclined relatively to bar 2 the bar will be clutched tightlyV by and between the straight edges lil-14 in the back 13. A coiled tension spring 15 connects the tilting member or slip clutch 12 with base fbar 2 so that it is held normally in a rearwardlyV inclined locking position on the bar. Accordingly when the reach bar is pressed longitudinally toward the seat by the pedal, which pedal 'it should. be understood Vis f pressed constantly in the direction of the scat by a strong spring, the clutch member locks the reach bar to the base bar andV holds the pedal in the position to which it has been moved previously by the throw of lever 4." To release the pedal the operator presses the pivoted clutch member` forward with one hand while manipulating lever 4 with the other hand. short., and lever 4 relatively long, and bar 3 is pivotally connected to lever 4 remotely from base bar 2 so that the reach bar is inclined relatively to the basebar. However when the tool is braced against the seat the reach bar is horizontal or approzrimatelyso, whereas the base bar Vis inclined relatively to the floor of the car.

That I claim is z. i

l. VA brake setting tool, comprising a base bar, a reach bar, a lever linked to said bars, 'f and a friction slip'clutch for said reach bar pivotally connected with said base bar.

2. A brake setting tool, comprising a base bar having a lever hinged thereto, a reach bar p The clutch `member is relatively j ico having a series of openings therein, a pin to fasten said lever to said bar at any one elected opening, and a lfriction clutch for said reach bar pivotally secured-toene end of said base bar. Y Y n `f 3. A brake setting tool, comprising a base bar, a double bar ylflingedastride Said base bar a reach Vbar extending rthrough said double bar and -pivotallyconnected therewith,` and a clutcliinember pivotally attached .t0 said base bar and stradldling said reach bar. 4. v A brake setting tool, comprisinga'base bar, a lever made of a bar doubled to provide parallel legs engageable with the opposite:

sides ofsaid base bar and hinged thereto, a clutch member pivotally connected to 'said base bar, a reach bar extending between the legs of Said lever, means pivotally connecting said reach bar to said lever, and a spring holding Said clutch member in engagement with said reach bar.

5. A brakeV setting tool, comprising a base bar having a lever hinged thereto, a reach bar adjnstably connected to said lever, a relatively short clutch member pivotally connected to saidbase bar'having an openingy therein for the reach bar, `and a tension spring to y hold said clntch member normally in inclined clutching connection With said reach bar..

In testimony whereof I affix my signature. f

GUY A. COUNTRYMAN. 

